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/ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/
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[ləˈd͡ʒɪɾɪməsi]
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L AH0 JH IH1 T AH0 M AH0 S IY0
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The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
Public acceptance of an institution, such as a government, corporation, or system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
Topics: political-science, social-sciences
Examples
After decades of inequality and oppression, the regime had lost legitimacy with its own population. The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 was seen by many as proof of capitalism’s legitimacy over communism. Democracy’s legitimacy stems from the consent of the governed.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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undisputed credibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: authenticity, genuineness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: credibility, credibleness, believability
Narrower terms: real McCoy, real thing, real stuff
lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: illegitimacy
Broader terms: lawfulness
From legitim(ate) + -acy.
Across languages
Translations 24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
شَرْعِيَّة
(šarʕiyya)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Bulgarian :
законност
(zakonnost)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Bulgarian :
легитимност
(legitimnost)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Chinese Mandarin :
合法
(héfǎ)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Finnish :
legitimiteetti
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
French :
légitimité
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Galician :
lexitimidade
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Georgian :
კანონიერება
(ḳanoniereba)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Georgian :
ლეგიტიმურობა
(legiṭimuroba)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
German :
Rechtmäßigkeit
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
German :
Legitimität
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Italian :
legittimità
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Japanese :
正統
(seitō)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Portuguese :
legitimidade
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Portuguese :
validade
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Portuguese :
validez
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Romanian :
legitimitate
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Russian :
зако́нность
(zakónnostʹ)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Russian :
закономе́рность
(zakonomérnostʹ)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Russian :
легити́мность
(legitímnostʹ)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Spanish :
legitimidad
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Thai :
ความชอบธรรม
(kwaam-chɔ̂ɔp-tam)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Turkish :
haklılık
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
Ukrainian :
легіти́мність
(lehitýmnistʹ)
— quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
